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$$$, News

TechCrunch – Ford takes $2.7B hit on Argo shutdown, shifts its bet to driver assist tech

Ford shut down Argo, their autonomous vehicle division. They took a $2.7B impairment on their Argo stake, resulting in a quarterly loss.

News Republisher
10/26/22
Rev 02/28/24

Crash, Cruise, Safety, Untruths

Cruise turns left and stops right in path of oncoming vehicle resulting in collision

Crash Analysis: on 6/3/2022 a Cruise robotaxi was traveling eastbound on Geary Blvd. At Spruce St the Cruise made a left turn. Before completing the left turn the Cruise stopped in the path of an oncoming car, resulting in a collision. Cruise was very misleading about the cause of the crash.

Michael Smith
06/3/22
Rev 02/15/24

News, Safety, Tesla

Bloomberg – Tesla Autopilot Stirs U.S. Alarm as ‘Disaster Waiting to Happen’

Bloomberg reports on the dangers of Tesla Auto Pilot. Includes information on crashes where there were fatalities, and the resulting federal investigations.

News Republisher
04/18/22
Rev 03/26/24

Cruise, News, Politics

SF Standard – Willie Brown, Former SF Mayor, Cruises Around Town in a Driverless Car

Article from SF Standard by Michaela Necille. Announces the commercial for Cruise that former Mayor Willie Brown, the consummate political insider, was paid for.

News Republisher
03/8/22
Rev 01/2/24

News, Untruths

Autonomous Vehicle Myths: The Dirty Dozen

Philip Koopman, associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University, is an important leader in the safety of autonomous vehicles. His extensive writings at Safe Autonomy are a must read. This article is on the many myths that AV companies have been using to promote their vehicles.

News Republisher
10/22/21
Rev 01/11/24

News, Untruths

General Motors, 1956 – Key to the Future

A great film from the 1956 GM Motorama Exhibit that shows how we will have driverless cars, and lots of other Futurama, in 1976! And with some great music that you can sing along to.

Michael Smith
01/2/56
Rev 01/2/24